Curriculum alignment can be used across the different grade levels beginning in pre-k. The data will help teachers know where their students are and where they need to be by the end of the year.

Conversations are key to move teaching and learning and making curriculum viable.

I wish I was close enough to come observe and sit in on a meeting for ideas.

Also, I think the video made a good point that the focus is not on teaching practices but instead on student success.

Being able to effectively align curriculum vertically across grade levels depends on having a strong dialogue and consistent plan horizontally. Congruently, planning horizontally depends on a robust (school and district wide) vertical integration. This is a key element for large firms within other industries (engineering, for example). I can't think of anything better to illustrate the importance of V&H integration than education.